The Roman villa of Kos

One of the most impressive sights of Kos is the restored Roman villa. The
Roman villa excavated in 1933 by the Italian archaeologist Laurenzi and almost
immediately the Italian administration proceeded to full restoration of the
house which was completed in 1940. The size and the rich decoration of the Roman
house made archaeologists to believe that probably it belonged to a noble family
of Kos as the first phase of its contruction is calculated in the Hellenistic
period.

The life of this wonderful house with additions and repairs lasted at least
until the 3rd century AD. Impressive are the 3 terraces with gorgeous two-storey
cloisters. The house has a water tank with a beautiful mosaic depicting a
panther devouring a deer. The mosaic floors throughout the house are
naturalistic and among them there are performances of the seabed, dolphins,
tigers and panthers and an amazing mosaic of a Nereid on hippocampus.